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@EhronLocke “As if Microsoft ever tried in the first place”

“They tried during 360, had success and then dog f*cked during the X1, so yeah, they are buying their way to be number 1 now since they’re lazy as well as inspirationally and creatively bankrupt.”

Make a decision instead of flip flopping. So they tried. They failed. They spent their money. This is capitalism. You have a problem with this?

@EhronLocke sure that makes sense. The rich kid just thought to themselves I will give the poor kids three generations of a head start. Then right when they think they have won I will whip out my wallet and show them who’s boss. Buhahahahaha. What an ingenious plan!!!!!

Or maybe they tried. The just sucked at it. So now they are buying.

@Rafie I don’t know…. It’s been a long day

@Rafie you think Microsoft is the only one who buys developers to keep games off of other consoles? They all do it. Doesn’t matter how much or how often. The point is that they ALL do it.

@AhmadSumadi they gave it a fair shot. They played nice during Xbox, 360 and Xbox one generations. You expect the rich kid just to sit there and be content with seconds forever?

@LordBakemono there’s more drama here than in a full season of keeping up with the kardasians.

@XenonKnight to compete in gaming you just have to want to and then open your wallet. Apple could do both those things one day. Google really screwed up stadia though. Amazing how these companies can waste billions like me dropping a quarter out of my pocket.

@LordBakemono exactly. If no one is switching consoles and the game is lame then why is everyone freaking out.

@IndoorEnthusiast I have plenty of comments primarily in nintendolife. And I’ve probably caught up to my purexbox comment count in this thread alone. I’m not a bot and thanks for the big welcome. Hard to be friendly chocking on those sour grapes.

@Neonix the facts are that all sorts of video game companies have come and gone. Panasonic, Atari, sega, neo geo. If this is Sonys time. So be it. But it’s on Sony to respond. They have developers. They are equipped.

@DanteDevilHunter and it’s not Microsoft’s fault they have 69 billion dollars to spend.

Sure I can question Microsoft’s competence of making games. Other than forza their games aren’t exactly stellar. So maybe they needed to buy some games.

However if Sony is so competent about making games this whole debate is silly. They should just resurrect an old fps franchise and be done with it. They do own bungie don’t they?

@Ambassador_Kong and what exactly is wrong with Microsoft collecting on that market share after spending 69 billion dollars on it. If Sony has such a huge amount of support what does this do. Level the playing field. Why is everyone concerned that the playing field will be closer to level. It’s been leaning far to the Sony side for years now.

@Rafie I personally think of crash and a bunch of namco games when I think of Sony. Guess crash is gone but Sony has tekken and soul calibur still.

So for years sony fans have claimed that Xbox just has shooters and racers. Their claim to fame is god of war, naughty dog and Spider-Man. Now all of a sudden their best use of vr is a racing game and they maybe losing their fps and everyone is losing their mind. Hold on. They aren’t even losing their fps. They simply are going to collect a check from Microsoft to have them on their system rather than activision. I’m still confused about the what the issue is.

I am just happy to see goldeneye reloaded rereleased with Xbox one x enhancements and series x hdr.

@Cutmastavictory I don’t think we should try to count each others bank accounts and or stocks on here. Whether I have or not my answer is the same. Companies are bought out all the time. We shall see what happens next. Btw I game almost exclusively on my switch and am very happy about our own 10 year call of duty deal. So thank you to Sony for that. Helping get the games into more people’s hands. Very considerate of you.

Perhaps though if you don’t own stock. And you think this is a 10000% victory from Microsoft. Then maybe you should buy some stalk instead of spending your time fighting a losing battle on here. It’s over. Accept it. But maybe you can profit from it.

@Smiffy01 true. Sony has its own failures. Like any major company. I remember Sony from the 90s. “It’s a Sony” my phone was a Sony. We once had a Sony computer. A Sony tv. A Sony stereo. A Walkman. A disc man. Since the Trinitron died and they had to buy their flat screen panels from sharp it feels like Sony is walking a slow journey to death. Perhaps streaming will eventually kill them the same way apple killed their Walkman’s, Samsung killed their TVs and Alexa, google, Spotify killed the home stereo.

@get2sammyb no worries man. I have no problem defending any company from buying another. Didn’t even flinch when ford bought jaguar. Or Volkswagen bought lambo. It’s part of life.

Either everyone here hasn’t figured it out that this is what life is about or you’re just upset your company doesn’t have the money.

@Cutmastavictory go ahead. Go buy capcom. Go buy sega. Go buy square Enix. This is what it is. It’s content and services bid for them. It’s everywhere.

@get2sammyb six months???? Wow final fantasy 7 remake must have come out more recent than I thought.

@naruball still genuinely confused how I have been gaming since the original nes and master system days. Exclusives has always played a part. The difference here is instead of back room deals this is just a clear buy out. The thing everyone here is forgetting to mention is that Sony had a 10 year contract in front of them but they don’t want to sign it. 10 years is a long time. The whole landscape could be completely different and cod could be dead by then.

@Cutmastavictory the people will speak with their wallets. That’s how it always is. A few people complain. Most don’t care and will go where the content is. I go to the movie theatre that plays the movie I want to see. sometimes I go to the other theatre because they have something I want. It isn’t that serious.

The problem in this case is that Sony is the dominant player so in theory that’s a whole bunch of people switching over. But guess what in this case they don’t have to. They have ten years to live in cod bliss no different than they still play Minecraft.

@Neonix Microsoft has repeatedly bought things and then they tanked. Who uses Skype anymore. They killed Nokia with their windows phone deal. Zune died on launch. If they buy activision, a company which most thinks sucks, and ruin them as well then the only loser is Microsoft. Shouldn’t Sony fans be happy to watch Microsoft lose 69 billion dollars.

@Cutmastavictory I’m not supporting Microsoft. I’m supporting a free market. That’s the world I’m apart of. Your take and reality (capitalist society) have nothing in common.

@Ambassador_Kong I’m sure Xbox is not thrilled about losing out on steetfighter or final fantasy money either. But this is what consoles, streaming services, are about. Content. Sometimes you get some… sometimes you don’t. But normally companies don’t have fits over it nor are normally customers so loyal to their products. I guess apple is the same way. But they too have their own exclusives. I guess exclusives are ok when they are on a product you like.

@Neonix well if everyone is so tired of activision then why has Sony done everything they can to try to stop this and why does anyone here care.

@Cutmastavictory that’s the entire industry. It also is included in other areas that Sony participates. And it’s gone back to beta vs vhs. HDdvd va Blu-ray. It currently exists with streaming services. And the same with consoles. Don’t worry you get to enjoy final fantasy and was able to have street fighter. Plus sony is the best so surely they could make their own fps.